FINAL FANTASY XI Update (Apr. 20)

[Event-Related] -The following two areas are now open for exploration: The Grand Palace of Hu'Xzoi The Garden of Ru'Hmet -Several new Chains of Promathia area quests have been added. -A special new Ballista area has been added. -New sets of low-level equipment have been added to the list of armor that can be stored by certain NPCs located around Vana'diel. After trading a full set (4-5 pieces) of armor, a player will receive a "claim slip." This claim slip and a small fee are required when having a set of armor returned. Please note: 1. Signatures on checked armor will be lost. 2. High-quality and refurbished armor cannot be stored. -The clamming mini-game on Purgonorgo Isle has been expanded. The new features include: 1. A larger bucket offered to those who can fill the original bucket to the brim without going over its weight limit. 2. A larger variety of items that can be dug from the sand. 3. Less waiting time required to re-clam the same points. -New items are available for harvesting/mining in the following areas: 1. West Sarutabaruta 2. Newton Movalpolos 3. Giddeus -A new key item that will automatically inform players whether they have access to the Marble Bridge Tavern is now available (a message will appear upon entry into Upper Jeuno). -A new key item that will automatically inform players if a volunteer is needed for the "Community Service" quest is now available. -Under certain conditions, Tarnotik (located in Oldton Movalpolos) will now accept snow lilies as payment for teleportation to Mine Shaft #2716. -The number of items accepted by Yurim in the Tavnazian quest "In the Name of Science," as well as the types of rewards granted in exchange, have been increased. -Several new varieties of fish are now being accepted by Zaldon in the "Inside the Belly" quest. [Battle-Related] -The amount of EXP required for leveling up after lv.51, and the amount of EXP lost when KO'd after level 25, has been greatly reduced. Please note that at the time of the version update, if your character has more EXP than the new amount required, your EXP total will be adjusted to 1 point less than the amount needed for level up. Example: Player status before the version update -> Level=51 EXP=8100 Amount needed for level up (before update) = 10000 Amount needed for level up (after adjustment) = 8000 Player status after the version update -> Level=51 EXP=7999 Please visit http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml for further details on changes to the EXP system. -Several new types of ENM quests have been added. In addition, many of the existing quests have also been adjusted. Some of these adjustments include allowing larger parties and/or alliances to enter the battlefields (however, depending on the size of the parties, there may be a cut in the amount of EXP received when completing the quest). Area Battle Name Restrictions Boneyard Gully Like the Wind 15 minutes/Lv.75/3 members recommended Shell We Dance? 30 minutes/Lv.75/12 members recommended Totentanz 30 minutes/Lv.75/18 members recommended Mine Shaft #2716 Pulling the Strings 15 minutes/Lv.60/Solo battle Automaton Assault 15 minutes/Lv.60/3 members recommended /All members must be of same race Monarch Linn Fire in the Sky 15 minutes/Lv.40/3 members recommended Bugard in the Clouds 15 minutes/Lv.50/3 members recommended Beloved of the Atlantes 30 minutes/Lv.50/6 members recommended The recommended number of party members for all existing ENM battles has been set at 6, with the maximum alliance size being 18. -New notorious monsters have been added to the Chains of Promathia areas. -The bard song Army's Paeon V (Lv. 65) has been added. [Item-Related] -New mannequin poses have been introduced. After obtaining a mannequin and a certain key item, Mhauran goldsmith Fyi Chalmwoh will change the pose of your simulacrum upon request. Available poses are as follows: 1. /sit 2. /salute (Windurst/San d'Oria/Bastok) 3. /hurray 4. Special race-specific poses -Select guilds are now offering new key items available for purchase with guild points. -Adjustments and additions have been made to the types of items requested in exchange for guild points. -The Alchemists' Guild will now accept poison baghnakhs +1 in exchange for guild points. -Several new fishing rods have been introduced. -New relic-type equipment has been added. -Numerous other types of items are also now available. -New synthesis and desynthesis recipes have been added. -The graphics displayed when a Galka equips the following shields have been changed: Marine Shield Shell Shield Turtle Shield Turtle Shield +1 Genbu's Shield -A new synthesis recipe for black ink has been introduced. In conjunction with this addition, the item's buying price has also been adjusted. -The following item names have been changed: Ashigaru Gorget -> Agile Gorget Mana Ring -> Mystical Ring Mana Ring +1 -> Mystical Ring +1 [System-Related] -The Handle Name screen that would appear during login has been removed. In its place, a simple confirmation message has been introduced. -Group Messages can now be viewed while logged in to FINAL FANTASY XI. However, players must return to PlayOnline to respond to them. -Several unused buttons within the Friend List menu, as well as the "Busy" and "Away Mess." options under Online Status, have been removed. -In conjunction with the removal of the corresponding button, a player's "Privacy Level" will now automatically be set to level 2 (all players on your Friend List). -The "Accept" button originally used during Friend List registration has been removed. The current options are "Accept & Add" and "Decline." -Also, when "Accept & Add" is selected by the invitee, both players will be automatically registered on each other's Friend List. -"/busy" has been removed from the Auto-Translate feature. -A confirmation message will now appear when purchasing goods from another player's bazaar. Example: Purchase 3 sleepshrooms for 570 gil? [The following adjustments have been made to the fishing system:] -Fishing locations in the following areas have been adjusted: 1. Beaucedine Glacier 2. Sauromugue Champaign 3. Ferries between Mhaura and Selbina -The more "tired" a player becomes after repeated fishing, the longer it will now take to recast his or her line. -Players will be "tired" for a short period of time after being raised. -New BGM is now played when battling it out with a bite. -New types of salt and freshwater fish, as well as rare "legendary" fish, have been added. -When a monster is caught, only the player who reeled it in (and his/her party or alliance) will be able to attack it (the monster's name will be displayed in red/purple).

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Bleh
# Apr 21 2005 at 12:32 AM Rating: Decent
For all the crap that's been happening this past week with the servers, would be nice if we could get a partial refund. But no, hell would freeze over before something like that ever happened regardless....
RE: Bleh
# Apr 21 2005 at 12:51 AM Rating: Decent
ok for the 13 or 14 dollars u pay a month and they gave u lets say ..... 50% back would 7 dollars make it better ??? I already paid my damn money i just wanna play
RE: Bleh
# Apr 21 2005 at 1:22 AM Rating: Decent
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A partial refund would be nice (and about as likely as a Level 1 Taru WAR soloing Fenrir), but realistically - even if they pro-rated the the monthly fee for "time lost," they would give us back one day at most. That's 1/30th of $12.95. Not exactly an amount I'm gonna waste time griping over.
..
# Apr 21 2005 at 12:23 AM Rating: Decent
SEI, why have you forsaken us?
ok...
# Apr 21 2005 at 12:21 AM Rating: Decent
OK YOUVE PREPARED THE UPDATE NOW FUC*ING DOWNLOAD ALREADY AND STOP STOPPING AT 5%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
to hell with squenix
# Apr 21 2005 at 12:06 AM Rating: Decent
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>< right about now Squenix can kiss my @ss, 1am EST & cant even get past "checking final fantasy xi version"

OK i get to "preparing updates", then after that is done, i get the same error e1 else is getting, & it kicks me back out <^> ( >_< ) <^> SQUENIX

Edited, Thu Apr 21 01:18:41 2005
err
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:54 PM Rating: Decent
the "some error crap" just means that so many other people are trying to download that it cant get the proper information.... or so Ive concluded
need help
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:50 PM Rating: Default
I keep getting a POL-1161 message at the beginning of the update, I can't update if the damn thing keeps disconnecting cuz of soem error crap.
bleh
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:47 PM Rating: Decent
Took like an hour and a half to get the download started (kept going to update screen THEN saying it was busy) then after 2 and a half hours in and like 5% more to go it gives me a network busy message.... damned dial up >.< maybe try tomorrow lol
error
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:43 PM Rating: Default
I can't get into the game. It checks my game version then says it has network problems and exits out. Where do I get the update? I don't know wat to do plz someone help me!!!
RE: error
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:49 PM Rating: Decent
The only thing you can do is wait. Until tomorrow, if you can wait that long.

Seriously. :-)

The nightmare will end. You will be able to get slaughtered by IT's and lvl down within a couple of days.
Chill out
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:41 PM Rating: Decent
Once again all I hear is people ******** about how long it takes or timeouts. Ok this happens EVERY TIME there is a major update, this is nothing new. When you have millions of people all connecting to the servers to get updates, it happens. The same thing happens when Microsoft releases a major update, or Symantec releases a major virus problem update. Millions and millions of users are trying to do the update at the same time. If you cannot connect, why don't you take some time of your day and handle some real life stuff rather than logging on for one day. Yes I love the game and I can't wait to get on ASAP, but I have the decency to understand that there are others too that want to get the same update, so I will continue waiting until I get my chance. It has only been 8 hours since the start of the update, so CHILL OUT!
RE: Chill out
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:46 PM Rating: Decent
I'm calm. Believe it or not (and don't hit me people), I think it's kinda funny.

And seeing as I don't really have anything else that needs to be done until Saturday, this gives me a chance to actually READ some of the forums on here instead of just fishing for information about a quest I'm stuck on or somethin neat that I saw.

Being a tech-type person, I can't help but wonder what SE's server farm looks like. Times like these give me mental pictures of computer-like boxes that, when you take the cover off, are powered by little hamsters running in wheels.... :-)
RE: Chill out
# Apr 21 2005 at 12:13 AM Rating: Decent
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lol, i don't see hamster's, i see cockroaches or something else small and useless. you got to admit though, when this kind of stuff happens everytime an update happens, you would think they would fix by now. Smaller updates, server mirrors, something! Game content updates are great, if you can actually get in and play =(
~Clicks on the retry button again~

Oh well...
RE: Chill out
# Apr 21 2005 at 12:35 AM Rating: Decent
Ah, a server farm with mirrored systems and built-in failsafes including distributed servers around the globe with multiple backbone connections....

Guess that thought never occurred to them. Oh well.
damn dl
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:34 PM Rating: Decent
SE is stupid for making an Update at the time of DDoS attacks which btw, they still can't find the source of the attacks nor could they fix the problems we have. Also the recent "Login" problems isn't helping with the dl of the patch as well. Damn you SE ::shakes fist:: and here's a thought, how bout playonline.com support the patch on their site so the game wouldn't crash or time out like this ::durrrrrrrrrrrrr::
Stop!
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:29 PM Rating: Decent
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It's actually downloading, everyone quit hitting "retry" for a few minutes!

Heh, got to 1% on the third progress bar, then I got the POL0010. Yay, more waiting.

Edited, Thu Apr 21 00:35:11 2005
So much fun
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:25 PM Rating: Decent
Got home at 7 PM CST. Boyfriend's asleep on the couch with the PS2 on and an FFXI version update download. "Oh, ****."

Go to the PC in the office. It's displaying a timeout error. No big deal. Hit retry. Same error pops up.

2 hours later, wake boyfriend up to go to work. PS2's about 75% done downloading. Still no connection for PC.

1 hour after that, PS2's done (no errors - can you friggin BELIVE it?!), I log in under his char to try and get his f-ing ruby for Summoner while he's at work. PC still won't download. I'm fighting leeches in Bubu as a lvl 30 WHM with lvl 20 equip. Ya, his char's got no gil and a free bloodport back to windy. Still no-go on PC.

Decide to log off PS2 under his account, exit my account on PC, and switch. Log in under his account on PC, attempt to update - still a no-go. Log onto PS2 under my account (now remember, this one has the update installed).

Now is when things start flying across the apartment and the neighbors think someone's being murdered :-)

Not only can I not get my PC copy updated, but I can't log in on the PS2.

The lesson to be learned here: If you manage to get logged in, do not log out for any reason. Find a safe place to hide. Rest. Set your idle timeout to "OFF". Maybe, if you're lucky, you can pick up where you left off tomorrow :-)
...
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:17 PM Rating: Decent
If these people are right and we don't get to play for weeks at a time I am going to call SE and get a refund. I'm not paying to sit here and get screwed every time they try and fix something that ISN'T REALLY BROKEN ANYWAY!
RE: ...
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:24 PM Rating: Default
Its called an "Update" for a reason... its not because its broken and being fixed...its being UPDATED!
RE: ...
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:56 PM Rating: Decent
I was talking about all the other bugs they've tried to work out. But anyway, good job! You managed to figure out that "Updating" isn't the same as "Fixing"!
DDoS
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:16 PM Rating: Decent
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Know the irony of a lot of this, during the period which SE professed they were getting attacked by DDoS (distributed denial of service) they seemed somewhat stable, now that they've fixed everything, they have, for all intents and purposes, affected a denial of service on themselves by being unprepared in the bandwidth department....amazing to me with the recurring revenue they get from us.


Excildor
goodnight everyone
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:13 PM Rating: Decent
well time for me to go to bed good night everybody and goodluck with the download i hope you get to play tonight but i realy doubt it. you probly wont get to play for a week or two. night night. wan an
98%
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:08 PM Rating: Decent
Ok, first post on the site but I figured there was no better time then now. Anyone get to download the patch and let it download for 2 hours and get to 98% but get stuck right there and not move for hours? Well it happened to me and I was curious if anyone else got the same crap, no error message or anything, just got stuck.
RE: 98%
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:13 PM Rating: Decent
i was in that situation at the second part of the update at 55%...... it just stopped right there for like 10-15 not gaining or losing....i got so mad that i just canceled NOW I CANT EVEN DOWNLOAD!!!!!!!!!!!!ok i am done heh
Error
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:08 PM Rating: Decent
well JPs just started signing on so looks like this will be like this all night guess ill get on next month. OH and btw this update could last a week befor you can get on and could last two weeks for you to start partying this happend when i first got FFXI. I guess alot of people want to play now. SE can i work with you so i can get all this money you are making talking about money farmers there banking right now.
SE sucks
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:06 PM Rating: Decent
HOW DID WE KNOW THAT SE WOULD ONCE AGAIN ***** US OVER?! I was at 97% and it booted me.......!!!!!!!! ive had everything from POL-0018 to POL-2936
answer
# Apr 20 2005 at 10:57 PM Rating: Decent
Guess that answers my question @_@
RE: answer
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:03 PM Rating: Decent
geez i cant even connect to the DLing screen anymore.......bahhhh this is so annoying
W00t
# Apr 20 2005 at 10:56 PM Rating: Decent
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Gee, all that new stuff sounds great. Sure wish I could log on and actually see some of it. Heck, at this point I'd just like to log on and be working on my pre-patch 34k tnl than sitting here looking at the error message of Doom. Oh, well, in a week or two I'll get on and then I can get 66. Suuuuuuure will be nice. Dedicated Bandwidth, SE, they've mastered the concept of standing in line in Elementary School cafeterias, why not on one of the most modern MMORPGs? {Experience Points} {Can I have it?}

Ok, rant done, I feel better now >_>
Errors
# Apr 20 2005 at 10:55 PM Rating: Decent
I dont normally post anywhere but I feel this is my only method to vent, ive been trying to download the freaking update for 10 hrs now, FINALLY at around 60% download I thought id be in shortly; however, much to my dismay I stare at the timer THAT REVERSED!!!! No longer was is counting "down" nooooo it started counting up >< Not to mention the million boots ive gotten, all the same blasted msg: Error code: POL-1161 (network is busy or there are connection problems. please try again later or verify that cables, networking devices, and network settings are properly configured.) Just one question, has anyone else had this problem?
RE: Errors
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:21 PM Rating: Decent
Quote:
Just one question, has anyone else had this problem?


Have you read ANY posts here???
Useless
# Apr 20 2005 at 10:54 PM Rating: Decent
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Trying to DL this patch is usless. Before work, I actually got on, and started the Download, when i was finally ready for work, the download at 87%, BOOM! Error Code: POL0010.

Definition of POL0010: Our servers Blow cause this happens all the time. Don't bother trying to connect, cause you won't be able to play for 3 days anyway. Sorry for the inconvenience.

I have to agree, that the last 2 months Server problems have been rather often. Everytime I sign on, there is a message saying something is wrong. I love this game, but this is repetative. They post how wonderful it is that 1 Million people have registered on FFXI, but they don't prepare for all 1 million to Download the patch. I'm done preaching.

As far as the patch is concerned, it seems ok to me. The Exp thing is what most people are worried about. I haven't had the luxury of being 75 with the old system, but I think people were complaining that the end game content is un reachable for some people. Like people who go to school and work full time, who can only play a few hours a week. Hopefully this will keep them interested. Also I think WoW put a dent in FFXI and they are trying to find reason to pull some people back, like the "Return to Vanadiel" thing. We'll see, but if you not already 75, i would say be prepared to be rideculed.
#REDACTED, Posted: Apr 20 2005 at 10:49 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) THIS IS FCKING STUPID THIS GAME SCKS D!CK I HATE IT. SE IS NO BETTER THAN SONY OR BLIZZARD WHEN IT COMES TO KEEPING THEIR **** UP AND RUNNING LIKE IT SHOULD BE. DIE ****.
RE: STUPID GAME
# Apr 20 2005 at 11:19 PM Rating: Decent
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DIE ****


WTF does that have to do with anything?

Go do something else. It's not the end of the world. OK for some people (hardcore FFXI nerds(hmm... im in a hardcore FFXI nerd site)) it might be... well life will continue with or without them so it doesn't matter.
RE: STUPID GAME
# Apr 20 2005 at 10:52 PM Rating: Decent
calm down now i am mad too but i am not going crazy^^ anyways poor service customer having to get all the angry phone call
lol you have trouble to download
# Apr 20 2005 at 10:48 PM Rating: Decent
pfffffff... I download the patch around 3:00 PM (Canada East) wow all is install but i cant play cause maintenance not complete... I come back at 11:00 PM and now the trouble is then it have too many peaple trying to download the patch...

After 30 minute of long wait... wow nice im able to connect to the game. I use search, area, all area and i can see then it have 810 peaple online (Bahamut server) 5 minutes after poffffff i got disconnect from server, and the same **** happen... i got an error then it have too many peaple trying to log download... First time i got trouble like that whit playonline its the ****** month ever see for this company:)))

Good luck with your download.
Relic Armor
# Apr 20 2005 at 10:46 PM Rating: Decent
Nobodu has mentioned a damned thing about the new Relic-type gear. Check www.playonline.com and see the update page, i see a new type of hauberk-type armor that I've never seen before. Ideas anyone?
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